Meaning of well-meaningness | Babel Free

Definitions

The state, quality, or condition of being well-meaning.

uncountable

Examples

“Some spirited brilliancy, some persistent generosity (other than the guzzle's flash⟳ of it), might soften him; something sweeter than the slow animal well-meaningness his placable brethren point⟳ his attention to.”

“And in the face⟳ of the general proposition that nothing can be used aright until its purpose is known, the man who uses anything at all without such knowledge is acting blindly. He may mean⟳ well, but well-meaningness is not a substitute for knowledge of purpose.”

“He is certainly aware to a certain extent that some of what is being “accounted” is slanted in the general direction of American “well-meaningness.””

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